Publisher's Synopsis
Cambridge Reading is a major new reading scheme which provides stimulating books and support materials for the teaching of reading throughout the primary years. Key features include: a coherent yet flexible structure for teaching and learning; a variety of high quality, attractive picture books; a balance of different text types and genres, including stories, poems and information books; an integrated phonics programme; comprehensive support materials. These cassettes are recordings of all the poems in the poetry anthology strand of the Towards Independence phase. The poems are read by professional actors with a variety of accents, including Caribbean and Irish, with sensitivity to their target audience and humour where appropriate.